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Published in: oDRSticks and stones: the blogs of Oleg KashinOleg Kashin, a journalist for Kommersant newspaper, was brutally beaten in Moscow last weekend. Unknown assailants...
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Published in: oDRLebedev's tangled webAt the beginning of September, the Independent’s Mary Dejevsky presented an improbably flattering portrait of St...
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Published in: oDRTowards the Rehabilitation of Law: interview with Bill BowringBill Bowring is well known to anybody interested in international law, and especially in human rights in Russia....
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Published in: oDRKhodorkovsky trial: a test for the presidentThe sacking of Moscow mayor Luzhkov and the continuing debacle of Khodorkovsky's second trial could be seen as tests...
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Published in: oDRDon’t be quick to judge the new UkraineForeign analysis of contemporary Ukrainian politics has alleged a black-white conversion from freedom to autocracy....
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Published in: HomeConflict in Tajikistan – not really about radical IslamFor almost a month, an armed conflict has been raging in the mountains of the Kamarob gorge between the forces of...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia's politicians chip away at constitutionToday, 15 October, the latest amendment to Georgia’s Constitution is being rushed through with indecent haste. It is...
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Published in: oDRThe spectre of multipolar EuropeOn Monday, Sarkozy, Merkel and Medvedev will sit down to discuss a new European conception of global security. With...
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Published in: oDRKyrgyz elections: the birth of democracy?Recent parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan were declared free and fair, but Russia and its Central Asian...
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Published in: oDRA lesson for Luzhkov? Tatarstan’s Shaimiev shows how to cling on to powerIn March 2010, Minitimer Shaimiev, the two-decade figurehead of Tatarstan, resigned when prompted by the federal...
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Published in: oDRSergei Magnitsky: a death that failed to dieWhen Sergei Magnitsky died in police custody last November, few believed it would lead to anything more than a...
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Published in: oDRKyiv’s Next Image ProblemThe vivid image of democracy - in colour orange - made many Europeans emotionally attached to the idea of Ukrainian...
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Published in: oDRLukashenko: Russia’s new Yushchenko?
Fresh from productive confrontation with Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Dmitry Medvedev has waded into the Belarusian...
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Published in: oDRUkraine: don’t ask who killed Georgiy GongadzeTen years ago Ukrainian investigative journalist Georgiy Gongadze was murdered. Various officials were named as...
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Published in: oDRGreed, corruption and impotence: Samara battles for its architectureA city with a grand architectural heritage, Samara is today under threat, pincered by the greed of corrupt...
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Published in: oDRForget Luzhkov: bulldogs under the carpet againThe struggle between Moscow’s mayor Luzhkov and President Medvedev has gripped Russia. What are those’ bulldogs...
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Published in: oDRDon't get me wrong, Mr Travin!Mary Dejevsky was surprised when her enthusiastic profile of St. Petersburg governor Valentina Matviyenko in...
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Published in: oDROryol: when the ‘new nobility’ turned terroristThe sleepy city of Oryol has erupted in terrorism. Investigations revealed how frustration at the state of Russia...
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Published in: oDRMatviyenko for President? I think not!To the amusement of the Russian media, an article appeared in Britain’s The Independent on 6 September suggesting...
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Published in: oDRYaroslau Romanchuk: my vision of a post-Lukashenka BelarusNext year's presidential elections offer a real opportunity of disposing a tired, weakened and unpopular Lukashenka,...
